Approved: 16.08.2006

Tom Cartmill

Artist

Approved: 16.08.2006

Short statement about my practice

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    Artist Statement

    Short statement about my practice

    Change through time and the inevitable accumulation of experience are themes that have underpinned my practice from early on. The way that buildings and much used objects age, weathering and transforming with the passage of time, is a constant source of inspiration. I work at evoking ‘a patina of experience' in my pictures. This directly relates to the methods used to make my work, where I combine conventional painting techniques with more innovative processes. 
    Tom Cartmill

    CV & Education

    SELECTED AWARDS

    2022  Aesthetica Art Prize | Future Now Artist

    2019  Aesthetica Art Prize | Future Now Artist

    2017  Rabley Editioning Prize
    Sponsored by Rabley Gallery, to develop a limited edition print, launched at the 2018 London Original Print Fair, The Royal Academy, London

     

    SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

    2023
    170th Annual Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
    London Group Open, Copeland Gallery, London
    ART MATTERS 7, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany
    Bath Open Art Prize, 44AD ArtSpace Gallery, Bath
    Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Wells
    Abstract Art, Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Reading
    Colour & Monochrome, Tarpey Gallery, Derby
    Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London

    2022 - Derwent Art Prize, Oxo Tower Gallery, London

    2022 - 169th Annual Open, Royal West of England, Bristol

    2022 - Abstract Art, Sir John Madjeski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Reading

    2022 - Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Wells

    2022 - Derwent Art Prize, Paris, France

    2022 - Reflections, Tarpey Gallery, Derby

    2022 - Cross Gallery Projects, Brisbane, Australia

    2022 - UNMUTE, Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon, Scotland

    2022- 196th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

    2022 - Black Swan Open, Frome

    2022 -  Sense of Space, South Hill Park, Bracknell

    2022 - Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London

    2021 - Fragments, One Paved Court, Richmond, London (solo)

    2021 - PHYLACTERY, Gallery46, Whitchapel, London

    2021 - Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Wells

    2021 - Reverberations (2 person show, with Ceramicist Michele Bianco) , Irving Contemporary, Oxford

    2021 - 195th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

    2020 - ING Discerning Eye, London

    2020-2021 - New Light Art Prize Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery (touring: Scarborough, Carlisle, Newcastle, London)

    2020 - Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

    2020 - LOCKDOWN SERIES, Linden Hall Studio, Deal

    2020 - OPEN iso, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford

    2020 - HouseBound, CAS (Chapel Arts Studios), Andover

    2020 - Black or White, Cross Gallery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

    2019 - 167th RWA Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

    2019 - Past and Present Tense, The Crypt Gallery, London

    2019 - Lines etc, One Paved Court, Richmond, London

    2019 - Black Swan Open, Frome

    2019 - In Reading gaol by Reading town, Turbine House, Reading

    2019 - Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London

    2019 - Micro, AIR Gallery, Manchester

    2019 - Artists' Sketchbooks, Mount House Gallery, Marlborough College, Marlborough

    2018 - Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal

    2018 - The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

    2018 - Black Sawn Open, Frome

    2018 - Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London

    2018 - London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London | with Rabley Gallery

    2018 - Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London 

    2018 - Patrons and Donors, Reading Museum, Reading (until Jan 2019)

    2017 - National Open Art Prize Exhibition, Bargehouse Oxo Tower Wharf, London

    2017 - The London Group Open, The Cello Factory, London

    2017 - ArtGemini Prize, Asia House Gallery, London

    2017 - Black Swan Arts Open, Frome

    2017 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    2017 - SKETCH 2017, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough (then touring UK til 15th Dec)

    2017 - DRAWN, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

    2016 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    2016 - Collaborations, Studio 53 Gallery, Salisbury 

    2016 - 164th RWA Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

    2016 - Henley International Festival, Henley

    2016 - Brighton Art Fair, Brighton

    2016 - Bookface, Rising Sun, Reading 

    2016 - Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Reading

    2016 - Partitions, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury

    2015 - Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Reading

    2015 - Bookface, Rising Sun, Reading                   

    2014 - Affordable Art Fair, Bowlish Contemporary, Battersea, London

    2013 - Affordable Art Fair, Bowlish Contemporary , Hampstead, London

    2013 - Distil, Studio53 , Salisbury

    2013 - Frames of Reference , Corn Exchange, Newbury

    2013 - SHP Summer Open, Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell

    2013 - The Space Between , Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury 

    2012 - AfterWords, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury

    2012 - Autumn Exhibition, Ark Conference Centre, Basingstoke

    2012 - BOOKFACE - chapter 3, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading

    2012 - Boundaries and Beyond, ReOrsa - Gallery@49 Contemporary Art Space, Bracknell

    2012 - Greenham Open 2012, Corn Exchange & New Greenham Common, Newbury

    2012 - Life Force, Corn Exchange, Newbury

    2012 - Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Rivermead Complex, Reading

    2011 - All That Remains (ReOrsa project 5), More Arts, Wokingham

    2011 - Parcel Fever II, OpenHand OpenSpace, Reading

    2011 - Received Wisdom, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury

    2010 - Benchmark, Terence Conran's Benchmark Showroom, Benchmark, Newbury

    2010 - Eighty, Reading Museum, Reading

    2010 - Fugitive Fragments, Corn Exchange, Newbury (solo)

    2009 - Recovering the Lost, Slough Museum, Slough (solo)

    2009 - Hackwood Arts Festival, Hackwood, Basingstoke

    2008 - Affordable Art Fair 2008, Battersea, London

    2008 - Encore, Gallery 10, Reading

    2008 - In Passing, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury

    2007 - Early and Later Works, Newbury Museum, Newbury

    2007 - ReOrsa - Space I, 51 High Street, Bracknell , Berkshire

    2006 - Tom Cartmill - drawings, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre , Oxford (solo)

    2006 - Group Show, Basingstoke Central Library , Basingstoke

    2005 - Insight 2005, New Greenham Arts, Newbury

    2004 - Open, Surface Gallery , Nottingham

    2003 - Newbury College, Newbury

    2003 - Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville

    2003 - St. Clare's College, Oxford

    2003 - Taurus Gallery, Oxford

    2003 - Drawing Open, The Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell

    2003 - View, Artsway, Sway, Hampshire

    2002 - Open Shutter, The Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell

    2001 - Exposicion Colectiva, Galleria Cobalto, Cordoba, Spain

    2001 - Jelly Leg'd Chicken Art Gallery, Reading

    2000 - Overlapping Views, The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury (solo)

    2000 - IV Esposicion Internacional De Pintura Y Fotographia, Alcazar De San Juan, Spain

    1999 - Persona, New College, Oxford (solo)

    1999 - The Mill Gallery, Banbury 

    1998 - Un Anno in Sicilia, Galleria Candelai, Palermo, Italy (solo)

    1997 - Monochrome, Phoenix Picture House, Oxford (solo)  

     

    SELECTED COLLECTIONS                    

     Reading Museum, Reading

    University of Chichester

     Abacus Group plc, Group Headquarters, Newbury

     Xafinity Consulting Ltd.

     New College Chapel, Oxford                              

     Duchess of Kent Hospice

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

    Future Now Anthology 2019, Aesthetica Art Prize (ISBN: 2398-6654)

    International Drawing Annual 13, Manifest Drawing Centre (to be published end 2019)

    ING Discerning Eye, Exhibition Catalogue 2018

    International Drawing Annual 12, Manifest Drawing Centre (ISBN: 978 1 1940862 23 1)

    SKETCH 2017, Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize Catalogue (ISBN 978 0 9926817 1 5)

    National Open Art Prize, Exhibition Catalogue (2017)

    Art Gemini Prize, Exhibition Catalogue (2017)

    Drawing Selected for AxisWeb 'Category of the Week' (March 2017)

    Derwent Art Prize, Exhibition Catalogue (Sep 2016)

     

     

    SELECTED ARTIST TALKS

    2013              Corn Exchange Theatre, Newbury – public lecture on my artistic practice

    2010              Thames Valley University, to students on 'B.A. Advanced Art in Practice' course